The following ten songwriters have won their respective category in the songwriting contest. The top songs were determined by "songwriting" alone. Vocal ability was not taken into consideration. A full instrumental production was also not considered. Anthony Herbert came in 1st place, Melanie Sullivan 2nd place and Deborah Simmons 3rd place. A special congratulations to Li Wei who won the "Dance Category" and also received a "Finalist" placement in the "Adult Contemporary Category" with two different songs.